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MrBauersWife -> Neurapraxia (February 28, 2004 12:15:00 PM)
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Hello;
I was hoping someone could help me. I am at my witts end [IMG]http://www.rehabedge.com/forums/frown.gif[/IMG] On February 3rd 2004 my husband underwent simple shoulder surgery. It was rotater cuff surgery. They originally thought it was really bad, but once inside realized it could all be done arthoscopically. The operation was less than 2 hours. The doctor came out and told me it was a success. He said he had to remove the arthritis and clean up the bone spurs. I could see my hubby in less than an hour. Finally someone came to take me to the recovery room. To my horror I discovered my hubby could not talk. He was extremely hoarse. I was assured it was the effects of his general anesthesia. He did NOT have a block. I was told that within 24hrs he would be fine. He was not. He continued to not be able to speak above a whisper. In fact he could not swallow or move his tongue. It was deviated to one side. I took him immediately to an E.N.T. who scoped him and realized that my hubby's voice box musles were not working and his tongue was deviated. He was paralyzed on his tongue and therefore had no feeling of food if it were present. I was instructed to only feed textured food as he was in danger of aspirating. This is how he was on FEb 3rd and remains so today. His voice has gotten stronger but the voicebox muscles are still not working. They did a M.R.I. and full brain scan to rule out any tumors and it came up clean. I am told he has a condition called neurapraxia and they do not know if or when he will recover. Anyone know exactly where I can find info on how this happened? It happened immediately following surgery, so we know it is surgery related. He was in the beachair position arm on a armboard and chin strapped in the supine position. So far we are racking up bills with no answers to help him. I need somewhere in writing where it will let me know exactly how this happens.
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